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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="بورا بورا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بورا بورا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora-Bora" title="Bora-Bora – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bora-Bora" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C" title="বোরা বোরা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বোরা বোরা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бора-Бора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бора-Бора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бора Бора – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бора Бора" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora-Bora" title="Bora-Bora – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bora-Bora" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Μπόρα Μπόρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπόρα Μπόρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora_(atol%C3%B3n)" title="Bora Bora (atolón) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bora Bora (atolón)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="بورا بورا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بورا بورا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora-Bora" title="Bora-Bora – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bora-Bora" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atol_Bora_Bora" title="Atol Bora Bora – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Atol Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EB%9D%BC%EB%B3%B4%EB%9D%BC%EC%84%AC" title="보라보라섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보라보라섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1" title="Բորա Բորա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բորա Բորա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94" title="בורה בורה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בורה בורה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90-%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ბორა-ბორა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბორა-ბორა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бора-Бора – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бора-Бора" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora" title="Bora Bora – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bora Bora" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Бора Бора – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Bora Bora (disambiguation)">Bora Bora (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Boracay" title="Boracay">Boracay</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tora_Bora" title="Tora Bora">Tora Bora</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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.ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Bora Bora</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native">Native name: <div class="nickname">Pora Pora</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg/260px-Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg/390px-Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg/520px-Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bora Bora and its lagoon seen from the International Space Station</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:BoraBora_without_Tupai_topographic_map-fr.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/BoraBora_without_Tupai_topographic_map-fr.png/260px-BoraBora_without_Tupai_topographic_map-fr.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/BoraBora_without_Tupai_topographic_map-fr.png/390px-BoraBora_without_Tupai_topographic_map-fr.png 1.5x, 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other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°30′04″S</span> <span class="longitude">151°44′24″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.501°S 151.740°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-16.501; -151.740</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">30.55 km<sup>2</sup> (11.80 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">727 m (2385 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Otemanu" title="Mount Otemanu">Mount Otemanu</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>France</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Overseas collectivity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>, France</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_French_Polynesia" title="Administrative divisions of French Polynesia">Administrative subdivision</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Leeward Islands (Society Islands)">Leeward Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">Commune</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bora-Bora_(commune)" title="Bora-Bora (commune)">Bora-Bora</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vaitape" title="Vaitape">Vaitape</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">10,605<sup id="cite_ref-pop_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">347/km<sup>2</sup> (899/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bora Bora</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i>Bora-Bora</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tahitian_language" title="Tahitian language">Tahitian</a>: <i>Pora Pora</i>) is an island group in the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_(Society_Islands)" title="Leeward Islands (Society Islands)">Leeward Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific</a>. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>, which is an <a href="/wiki/Overseas_France" title="Overseas France">overseas collectivity</a> of the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French Republic</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km<sup>2</sup> (12 sq mi). The <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_Island" title="Bora Bora Island">main island</a>, located about 230 kilometres (125 nautical miles) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Papeete" title="Papeete">Papeete</a>, is surrounded by a <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">barrier reef</a>. In the center of the island are the remnants of an <a href="/wiki/Extinct_volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Extinct volcano">extinct volcano</a>, rising to two peaks, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pahia" title="Mount Pahia">Mount Pahia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Otemanu" title="Mount Otemanu">Mount Otemanu</a>; the highest point is at 727 m (2,385 ft). Bora Bora is part of the <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">Commune</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bora-Bora_(commune)" title="Bora-Bora (commune)">Bora-Bora</a>, which also includes the atoll of <a href="/wiki/T%C5%ABpai" class="mw-redirect" title="Tūpai">Tūpai</a>. The main languages spoken in Bora Bora are <a href="/wiki/Tahitian_language" title="Tahitian language">Tahitian</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. However, due to the high tourist population, many natives of Bora Bora have learned to speak <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bora Bora is a major international tourist destination, famous for its seaside (and even offshore) <a href="/wiki/Luxury_resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxury resort">luxury resorts</a>. Its major settlement, <a href="/wiki/Vaitape" title="Vaitape">Vaitape</a>, is on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_Island" title="Bora Bora Island">main island</a>, opposite the main channel leading into the lagoon. Produce of the island is mostly limited to what can be obtained from the sea and from the plentiful <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> trees, which were historically of economic importance for the production of <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In ancient times, the island was called <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Pora pora mai te pora</i></span>, meaning "created by the gods" in the local <a href="/wiki/Tahitian_language" title="Tahitian language">Tahitian language</a>. This was often abbreviated as <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Pora Pora</i></span>, meaning simply "first born". The Tahitian language, along with the English, French, and Dutch languages, uses a unique set of <a href="/wiki/Phonemes" class="mw-redirect" title="Phonemes">phonemes</a>, so the spelling and pronunciation of the name changes as it passes from one language to another. Since Tahitian does not distinguish between the sounds [<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiceless bilabial plosive">p</a></span>] and [<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiced bilabial plosive">b</a></span>], the sound represented by <span class="nowrap">⟨p⟩</span> lies between the two<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="While Tahitian doesn't distinguish between [p] and [b], ⟨p⟩ is usually transcribed in IPA as ⟨p⟩. A citation that this is partially voiced is necessary. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, and <span class="nowrap">⟨r⟩</span> represents a sound not present in English similar in sound to [<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar lateral approximant">l</a></span>] and [<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced postalveolar approximant">ɹ̠</a></span>]. English, French, or Dutch speakers can confuse the Tahitian pronunciation of <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Pora Pora</i></span> as <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Bola Bola</i></span> or <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Bora Bora</i></span>. When explorer <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Roggeveen" title="Jacob Roggeveen">Jacob Roggeveen</a> first landed on the island, he and his crew adopted the name <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Bora Bora</i></span>, which has stood ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora" title="Kingdom of Bora Bora">Kingdom of Bora Bora</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_(1837-1842).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora_%281837-1842%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Kingdom of Bora Bora (1837–1842)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Terii_Maeva_Rua,_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Terii_Maeva_Rua%2C_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg/220px-Terii_Maeva_Rua%2C_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Terii_Maeva_Rua%2C_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg/330px-Terii_Maeva_Rua%2C_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Terii_Maeva_Rua%2C_Queen_of_Bora_Bora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="617" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Teriimaevarua_III" title="Teriimaevarua III">Teriimaevarua III</a>, last Queen of Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <p>The island was inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Polynesian people">Polynesian settlers</a> around the 3rd century <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first European sighting was made by <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Roggeveen" title="Jacob Roggeveen">Jacob Roggeveen</a> in 1722. </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> sighted the island on 29 July 1769, with the help of a Tahitian navigator, <a href="/wiki/Tupaia_(navigator)" title="Tupaia (navigator)">Tupaia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anne_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anne-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a> arrived in 1820 and founded a <a href="/wiki/Protestant_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant church">Protestant church</a> in 1890. Bora Bora was an <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bora_Bora" title="Kingdom of Bora Bora">independent kingdom</a> until 1888, when the French annexed the island as a colony and forced its last queen, <a href="/wiki/Teriimaevarua_III" title="Teriimaevarua III">Teriimaevarua III</a>, to abdicate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the United States chose Bora Bora as a <a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Area" title="South Pacific Area">South Pacific</a> military supply base and constructed an oil depot, an airstrip, a <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a> base, and defensive fortifications. The expedition, known as "Operation Bobcat", comprised nine ships, 18,000 t (18,000 long tons; 20,000 short tons) of equipment, and nearly 7,000 soldiers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At least eight <a href="/wiki/7-inch/44-caliber_gun" title="7-inch/44-caliber gun">7-inch/44-caliber guns</a> were operated by some members of the <a href="/wiki/13th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="13th Coast Artillery (United States)">13th Coast Artillery</a> Regiment (later renamed the 276th Coast Artillery Battalion). The guns were set up at strategic points around the island to protect it against a potential military attack. All eight of these guns remain in the area to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the island saw no combat. The American presence on Bora Bora went uncontested for the entire course of the war. The base was officially closed on 2 June 1946. The World War II airstrip was never enlarged to accommodate large aircraft, but it was nonetheless <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>'s only international airport until 1960, when <a href="/wiki/Faa%27a_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Faa'a International Airport">Faa'a International Airport</a> opened next to <a href="/wiki/Papeete" title="Papeete">Papeete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BoraBora2021OSM.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BoraBora2021OSM.png/220px-BoraBora2021OSM.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BoraBora2021OSM.png/330px-BoraBora2021OSM.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BoraBora2021OSM.png/440px-BoraBora2021OSM.png 2x" data-file-width="5555" data-file-height="5997" /></a><figcaption>Enlargeable, detailed map of Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <p>It is located in the so-called <a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Society Islands</a>, which are part of <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>, and is located northwest of Tahiti, about 260 km (162 mi) northwest of Papeete, Tahiti. It also has around it several motus (<span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">Motu</i></span> is a Tahitian word meaning "small islands"), which are small elongated islets that usually have some width and vegetation. One of the most beautiful and photographed motus in Polynesia is <a href="/wiki/Motu_Tapu_(Bora_Bora)" title="Motu Tapu (Bora Bora)">Motu Tapu</a>, to the west of the main island, especially before a hurricane carried away part of the tongues of sand at its ends. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg/220px-Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg/330px-Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg/440px-Bora_Bora_North-East_view_from_Mt_Pahia_-_French_Polynesia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Otemanu" title="Mount Otemanu">Mount Otemanu</a>, Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dimensions">Dimensions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dimensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bora Bora is among the smaller of the islands of the Society archipelago: the main island measures only 8 km (5 mi) from north to south and 5 km (3 mi) east to west; the total area of Bora Bora, including islets, is less than 39 km<sup>2</sup> (15 sq mi). Bora Bora has an area of 29.3 km<sup>2</sup> (11.3 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the mountainous central island, which is an extinct volcano, itself surrounded by a lagoon separated from the sea by a reef. The highest point is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Otemanu" title="Mount Otemanu">Mount Otemanu</a>, at 727 m (2,385 ft). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description">Description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bora Bora is formed by an extinct volcano, surrounded by a lagoon<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2006_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2006-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a fringing reef. Its summit is Mount Otemanu, located in the center of the atoll; another summit, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pahia" title="Mount Pahia">Mount Pahia</a>, on the main island is 661 m (2,169 ft) high. </p><p>The main island has four open bays overlooking the lagoon: Faanui <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">Bay</a>, Tuuraapuo Bay and Povai Bay to the west, and Hitiaa Bay to the northwest. Tuuraapuo Bay separates the main island from two islets of <a href="/wiki/Volcanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcanic">volcanic</a> nature: Toopua and Toopua-iti. </p><p>Necklace-shaped coral reefs surround the central island and protect it from the open sea as if it were a dike. It is a <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">barrier reef</a> with only one opening to the ocean: the Teavanui Passage, located west of the main island, which allows most large cargo ships and cruise ships to enter the lagoon. </p><p>They must, however, stay in the channel, as much of the lagoon water is shallow outside the Teavanui Passage. The barrier reef is very wide in some sections, where it exceeds two kilometers in width to the southwest of the island. To the east and north of the island, the reef supports a series of islets made up of coral ruins and sand (the motu). One such motu in the north, the Motu Mute, is where the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> built an <a href="/wiki/Air_base" title="Air base">air base</a> during the Second World War, which has now become the airport of Bora Bora. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg/220px-BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg/330px-BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg/440px-BoraBora_SEtienne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the island</figcaption></figure> <p>The lagoon, abundant in fish, is remarkable for its breadth and beauty. Its color varies with depth: dark indigo when it is deep (Teavanui Passage, Poofai and Faanui bays) and pastel shades of blue and green elsewhere. <a href="/wiki/Corals" class="mw-redirect" title="Corals">Corals</a>, when they are very close to the surface, along with the fauna that colonizes them, come to wear a wide variety of colors: egg yolk, red, blue or purple. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bora Bora is part of a group of <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_island" title="Volcanic island">volcanic islands</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> linked to the activity of a hazardous area. It is an extinct volcano which was active in the Upper Pliocene (between 3.45 and 3.10 million years ago), and then underwent at least partial depression and strong erosion under a hot and humid tropical climate. </p><p>The bay of Tuuraapuo was the main <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_crater" title="Volcanic crater">crater</a> of the volcano, whose collapsed southwestern edge only subsists still in the islets Toopua and Toopua-iti, which culminate respectively at 148 m (486 ft) and 17 m (56 ft), altitude. The volcanic rocks are of basaltic type, consisting mostly of alkaline basalts, some hawaiites, and some gabbro intrusions, especially on the islet Toopua. They come mostly from voids, with explosive episodes being rare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Bora Bora has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a>. Temperatures are relatively consistent throughout the year, with hot days and warm nights. The dry season lasts from June to October, but there is some precipitation even during those months.</p><div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Bora Bora <small>(<a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_Airport" title="Bora Bora Airport">Bora Bora Airport</a>, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(94.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #009000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">245.0<br />(9.65) </td> <td style="background: #00A400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">211.5<br />(8.33) </td> <td style="background: #04FF04; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.1<br />(6.62) </td> <td style="background: #21FF21; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.9<br />(5.67) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">112.0<br />(4.41) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.5<br />(3.37) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.9<br />(2.44) </td> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.7<br />(2.51) </td> <td style="background: #9BFF9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(2.54) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">108.7<br />(4.28) </td> <td style="background: #29FF29; color:#000000;" class="notheme">138.5<br />(5.45) </td> <td style="background: #008800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">250.7<br />(9.87) </td> <td style="background: #2DFF2D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,654.1<br />(65.12) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #2A2AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.2 </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.3 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.5 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.8 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">147.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.1 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.6 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">239.4 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">219.8 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.1 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.5 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">231.8 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.4 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">241.0 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">230.5 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.7 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.0 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,687.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France" title="Météo-France">Météo-France</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rainy season is between November and April,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a heavy atmosphere and sometimes violent <a href="/wiki/Storm" title="Storm">storms</a> resulting in heavy rains. These rains can last several days, but this does not preclude many sunny days during the wet season. The humidity level usually ranges from 75% to 90%, sometimes reaching 100%. The dry season is between April and October, with warm and fairly dry weather, but the trade winds sometimes blow strongly. The days are still sunny, but although the dry season is present, this does not prevent the occurrence of some showers or even thunderstorms in the <a href="/wiki/Afternoon" title="Afternoon">afternoon</a>. </p><p>During the dry season, the average humidity level remains between 45 and 60%; sometimes, this level rises spontaneously to 80%, especially at <a href="/wiki/Night" title="Night">night</a> when the ground heat remains high and exceeds a certain threshold. These "dry season" storms will occur in the afternoon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg/220px-DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg/330px-DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg/440px-DL2A_Four_Seasons_Bora_Bora_20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Four_Seasons_Resort_Bora_Bora" title="Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora">Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The island's economy is driven almost entirely by tourism. Several resorts have been built on the <span title="Tahitian-language text"><i lang="ty">motu</i></span> surrounding the lagoon. <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Bora_Bora" title="Hotel Bora Bora">Hotel Bora Bora</a> opened in 1961, and nine years later the first over-water <a href="/wiki/Bungalow" title="Bungalow">bungalows</a> on stilts over the lagoon were built.<sup id="cite_ref-tac_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tac-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, over-water bungalows are a standard feature of most Bora Bora resorts. The bungalows range from relatively inexpensive basic accommodations to luxurious and expensive ones. </p><p>Most of the tourist destinations are sea-oriented; however, there are also tourist attractions on land, such as World War II cannons. <a href="/wiki/Air_Tahiti" title="Air Tahiti">Air Tahiti</a> operates five or six flights daily between Tahiti and the <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_Airport" title="Bora Bora Airport">Bora Bora Airport</a> on Motu Mute (as well as occasional flights to and from other islands). There is no public transport on the island, so rental cars and bicycles are the recommended means of transport. In addition, there are small, two-seater buggies for hire in Vaitape, and motorboats can be rented to explore the lagoon. <a href="/wiki/Vaitape" title="Vaitape">Vaitape</a> is a village on the west side of the island and is home to a large part of the island's <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a>. The village has also become a popular spot for tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">Snorkeling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">scuba diving</a> in and around Bora Bora's lagoon are popular activities. Many species of <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">sharks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batoidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Batoidea">rays</a> inhabit the surrounding waters, and a few dive operators on the island offer manta-ray dives and shark-feeding dives. (The species of shark living in the island's lagoon are not considered dangerous to people.)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the existing islands of Bora Bora, the <a href="/wiki/Artificial_island" title="Artificial island">artificial island</a> of Motu Marfo was added in the northeastern corner of the lagoon, on the St. Regis Resort property.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg/220px-Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg/330px-Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg/440px-Borabora-LeMeridien-Aerial2-HD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="1950" /></a><figcaption>Le Meridien, Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <p>The main attraction of Bora Bora is the <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a><sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2006_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2006-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with its still intact underwater world. Using glass bottom boats, diving, and snorkeling, tourists can explore the reef with thousands of colorful coral fish. In the deep lagoon, tourists can feed barracudas and sharks during guided diving excursions. An attraction for divers is the "Stingray Strait", an area of the lagoon where several species of stingrays are found in large schools, including numerous <a href="/wiki/Manta_ray" title="Manta ray">manta rays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leopard_whipray" title="Leopard whipray">leopard rays</a>. </p><p>Parts of the interior of the island can be explored on jeep <a href="/wiki/Safari" title="Safari">safaris</a>. However, the natural beauty of the island is best explored on foot. Several hikes can be done from Vaitape, but it is advisable to rely on a guide to keep one's bearings. The hike to the top of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pahia" title="Mount Pahia">Mount Pahia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from where, according to legend, the war god Oro descended on a rainbow, leads through orchards, forests, orchid fields and fern-covered crevices. One can also climb Mount Otemanu, which offers a beautiful panoramic view of the <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a>. Below the summit is a large grotto where numerous frigate birds nest. </p><p>Another attraction is the remains of what were more than 40 <a href="/wiki/Marae" title="Marae">marae</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (ceremonial platforms). The best preserved are Marae Fare Opu in Faanui <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">Bay</a> and Marae Aehau-tai or Temaruteaoa at the eastern end of Vairau Bay. Another large Aboriginal ceremonial site is Marae Marotitini, in the north of the main island, right on the beach. The stone platform of the complex was originally 42 m (138 ft) long and was restored in 1968 by <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Yosihiko_H._Sinoto" title="Yosihiko H. Sinoto">Yosihiko Sinoto</a>. Two stone box tombs of the royal family were found in the area of the complex. </p><p>Most <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beaches</a> (and also the numerous <a href="/wiki/Hotel" title="Hotel">hotels</a>) are located in the two large bays between Pointe Paopao and Pointe Matira, in the southwest of the island. About five kilometers south of Vaitape, directly on the main road, is Bloody Mary's, a bar and restaurant frequented by many guests with its own yacht jetty. The two wooden plaques at the entrance list 230 names, including <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg/220px-Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg/330px-Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg/440px-Carcharhinus_melanopterus_bora_bora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Blacktip reef shark (<i><a href="/wiki/Blacktip_reef_shark" title="Blacktip reef shark">Carcharhinus melanopterus</a></i>) at Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <p>In the relatively densely populated and intensively used lowland regions for a Polynesian atoll, hardly any remnants of the original vegetation remain. In contrast, the flora of the high, steep mountains, which are difficult to access, remains largely untouched.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The back beach areas are fringed with low-lying, heavily vegetated <i><a href="/wiki/Cordia_subcordata" title="Cordia subcordata">Cordia subcordata</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Hibiscus_tiliaceus" title="Hibiscus tiliaceus">Hibiscus tiliaceus</a></i>. A cultivated form with a straight trunk and a rounded crown, <i>Hibiscus tiliaceus</i> var. <i>sterilis</i>, is often planted as roadside vegetation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Up to the foot of the steep mountainous region, there is mainly cultivated land, with plantations of coconut palms, breadfruit trees, Tahitian chestnuts (<i><a href="/wiki/Inocarpus" title="Inocarpus">Inocarpus</a></i>), cassava (<i><a href="/wiki/Manihot" title="Manihot">Manihot</a></i>), and tropical fruits, as well as orchid plantations for the decoration of tourist hotels. Abandoned areas have been conquered by overgrown guavas and the fern <i><a href="/wiki/Dicranopteris_linearis" title="Dicranopteris linearis">Dicranopteris linearis</a></i>. </p><p>The crevices and ridges of the island's mountains are covered with largely undisturbed remnants of the island's original vegetation. These include groves of metrosider trees; stands of <i><a href="/wiki/Wikstroemia_coriacea" title="Wikstroemia coriacea">Wikstroemia coriacea</a></i>, a species of the daphne family endemic to Polynesia; and a few species of <i><a href="/wiki/Glochidion" title="Glochidion">Glochidion</a></i>. The humid and shady crevices are densely populated with ferns.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, Bora Bora's virgin forest habitats on the slopes of Mount Otemanu had a very diverse assortment of snail and slug species (<a href="/wiki/Gastropod" class="mw-redirect" title="Gastropod">gastropods</a>) compared to other islands. Several species of endemic or native species existed in great numbers until relatively recently; however, after <a href="/wiki/Lissachatina_fulica" title="Lissachatina fulica"><i> Lissachatina</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Euglandina" title="Euglandina">Euglandina</a></i>, and various flatworms were introduced to the island, they wiped out the populations of the endemic partulid species <i><a href="/wiki/Partula_lutea" title="Partula lutea">Partula lutea</a></i> the late 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-iucnredlist.org_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnredlist.org-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Samoana_attenuata" title="Samoana attenuata">Samoana attenuata</a></i> (a species once native to Bora Bora but later not found in surveys of the island<sup id="cite_ref-iucnredlist.org_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnredlist.org-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), and <i><a href="/wiki/Mautodontha_boraborensis" title="Mautodontha boraborensis">Mautodontha boraborensis</a></i> (a critically endangered species as of 1996 but most likely extinct, as it was last seen in the 1880s<sup id="cite_ref-iucnredlist.org_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucnredlist.org-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The above-listed native and endemic species were mostly restricted to the virgin forests, and the only species that remain common (perhaps even extant) are several subulinids and tornatellinids among others, including <i><a href="/wiki/Orobophana_pacifica" title="Orobophana pacifica">Orobophana pacifica</a> (</i>a helicinid<i>).</i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many species of sharks and rays inhabit the strip of water surrounding the island. There are dive operators that offer dives to observe the fish and watch the <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">sharks</a> feed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, the population was 9,858, which increased to 10,605 according to 2017 estimates. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau,_Bora_Bora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg/220px-Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg/330px-Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg/440px-Maohi_Protestant_Church_on_Anau%2C_Bora_Bora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Church on Anau, Bora Bora</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> has been the dominant <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> since the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">Christian missionaries</a> in the 19th century, when it replaced the old traditional beliefs that Europeans considered <a href="/wiki/Idolatry" title="Idolatry">idolatry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vaitape was founded by British missionary John Muggridge Orsmond (1788–1856) of the <a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a>. He came to Bora Bora from <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> in 1824 and built a church, a wharf, roads and houses, and a missionary school made of coral rock. This settlement, called "Beulah", became what is now Vaitape.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the establishment of the French protectorate, the presence of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> was reinforced. Today, it administers a church island's capital (Vaitape), called Saint-Pierre-Célestin Church (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Église de Saint-Pierre-Célestin</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It depends on the Metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Papeete" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Papeete">Archdiocese of Papeete</a> with its seat in <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Numerous pre-Christian relics from the native Polynesians of Bora Bora are still preserved today: remains of 13 ceremonial platforms (<a href="/wiki/Marae" title="Marae">marae</a>) – there used to be more than forty – and many petroglyphs, which, however, are mostly hidden in inaccessible <a href="/wiki/Shrub" title="Shrub">bushes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The best preserved ceremonial site is the Marae Fare Opu in Faʻanui <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">Bay</a>, located directly on the <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beach</a>. Today, a road runs through the area, so the overview of the site, which is quite large<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag is ambiguous, and needs clarification. (December 2023)">ambiguous</span></a></i>]</sup>, has been lost. The site consisted of a rectangular, level area bounded by boulders and a stone platform. The rectangular platform is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> slabs over 1 m high and filled with earth. Two of the slabs on the north side have <a href="/wiki/Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone">stone</a> carvings with <a href="/wiki/Turtle" title="Turtle">turtle</a> motifs.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, as in the rest of France, is the sole <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a> of Bora-Bora;<sup id="cite_ref-:3_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it and Tahitian are the main <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">languages</a> spoken by its inhabitants in a common way. In addition, those in contact with tourists generally have some basic knowledge of English.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most visitors to Bora Bora are American, Australian, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a>, or European. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_government">Politics and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Politics and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The atoll has been part of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> since the 19th century. Its island capital is <a href="/wiki/Vaitape" title="Vaitape">Vaitape</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tupai Atoll, nearby and uninhabited, is an administrative dependency of Bora Bora. The municipality Bora-Bora consists of the island of Bora Bora and the Tupai Atoll. The mayor of Bora Bora has been <a href="/wiki/Gaston_Tong_Sang" title="Gaston Tong Sang">Gaston Tong Sang</a> since 9 July 1989. </p><p>Bora Bora is politically part of <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>. The island is a French overseas territory and is not part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. It is administered by a subdivision of the High Commissariat of the Republic in French Polynesia (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie française</i>) based in <a href="/wiki/Papeete" title="Papeete">Papeete</a>. Bora-Bora is one of the seven municipalities of the Leeward Islands Administrative Subdivision (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Subdivision administrative des Îles sous le Vent</i>), and in turn is subdivided into the three submunicipalities (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Communes associées</i>) of Nunue, Faʻanui (plus Tupai Atoll, further north) and Anau. The currency is the <a href="/wiki/CFP_franc" title="CFP franc">CFP franc</a>, which is pegged to the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bora Bora can be reached via the <a href="/wiki/Bora_Bora_Airport" title="Bora Bora Airport">Bora Bora Airport</a>. On the main island, rental cars and <a href="/wiki/Bicycles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicycles">bicycles</a> are the recommended system of transportation. There are also <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> tours and off-road vehicle or <a href="/wiki/Catamaran" title="Catamaran">catamaran</a> rentals in Vaitape. On the main island, a public bus (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Le Truck</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> travels around the island in about an hour along the ring road. Stops are not necessary; the bus stops wherever passengers want. However, the preferred means of transport for tourists are bicycle, moped or motorcycle, and the shuttle service offered by some hotels. Small electric cars can be rented in Vaitape. There is a private helicopter stationed on the island, which is used for <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourist</a> flights. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bora_Bora&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In terms of <a href="/wiki/Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports">sports</a>, Bora Bora is, along with neighboring Huahine, <a href="/wiki/Raiatea" class="mw-redirect" title="Raiatea">Raiatea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tahaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tahaa">Tahaa</a>, one of the four islands among which the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawaiki_Nui_Va%27a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawaiki Nui Va'a (page does not exist)">Hawaiki Nui Va'a</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a 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title="Tivaevae">tivaevae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broad culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areca_nut" title="Areca nut">areca nut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kava" title="Kava">"yaqona" (Fiji), or "sakau" (Pohnpei)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kava_culture" title="Kava culture">Kava culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapita_culture" title="Lapita culture">Lapita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_culture" title="Māori culture">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_culture" title="Polynesian culture">Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_%27ava_ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="Samoa 'ava ceremony">Sāmoa 'ava ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_wood_carving#Aboriginal" title="History of wood carving">Wood carving</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geo-specific,<br />general</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians#Culture" title="Indigenous Australians">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_astronomy" title="Australian Aboriginal astronomy">Australian Aboriginal astronomy</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples#Culture" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands#People_and_culture" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>, <i>-<a href="/wiki/Pwo" title="Pwo">Pwo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriori#Revival_of_culture" title="Moriori">Chatham Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands#Culture" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Island#Culture" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Fiji" title="Culture of Fiji">Fiji</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lau_Islands#Culture_and_economy" title="Lau Islands">Lau Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fijian_traditions_and_ceremonies" title="Fijian traditions and ceremonies">traditions and ceremonies</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam#Culture" title="Guam">Guam</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lomilomi_massage" title="Lomilomi massage">Lomilomi massage</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kiribati" title="Culture of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Marquesas_Islands" title="Culture of the Marquesas Islands">French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia#Culture" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Nauru" title="Culture of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia#Culture" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand" title="Culture of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_culture" title="Māori culture">Māori</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue#Culture" title="Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island#Culture" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau#Culture" title="Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Culture of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands#Culture_and_religion" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Samoan culture">Sāmoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Solomon_Islands" title="Culture of the Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Tonga" title="Culture of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders#Culture" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu#Culture" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Vanuatu" title="Culture of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna#Culture" title="Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_navigation" title="Polynesian navigation">Polynesian Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_navigation" title="Micronesian navigation">Micronesian Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshallese_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshallese culture">Marshall Islands</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands_stick_chart" title="Marshall Islands stick chart">Stick charts of</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yap#Culture" title="Yap">Yap</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yap#Navigation_(sailing)" title="Yap">navigation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weriyeng" title="Weriyeng">Weriyeng navigation school</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canoes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_dugout_canoe" title="Aboriginal dugout canoe">Aboriginal dugout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alingano_Maisu" title="Alingano Maisu">Alingano Maisu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balangay" title="Balangay">Bangka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drua" title="Drua">Drua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dugout_(boat)#Pacific_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Dugout (boat)">Dugout (boat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dk%C5%ABle%CA%BBa" title="Hōkūleʻa">Hōkūleʻa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaep" title="Kaep">Kaep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoa" title="Karakoa">Karakoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_migration_canoes" title="Māori migration canoes">Māori migration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outrigger_canoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Outrigger canoe">Outrigger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paopao_(canoe)" title="Paopao (canoe)"> Paopao (Tuvalu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraw" title="Paraw">Paraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe_sailing#Polynesian_sailing_canoes" title="Canoe sailing">Polynesian sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proa" title="Proa">Proa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinta" title="Vinta">Vinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waka_(canoe)" title="Waka (canoe)">Waka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_M%C4%81ori_waka" title="List of Māori waka">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walap" title="Walap">Walap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAparima" title="ʻAparima">ʻAparima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cibi" title="Cibi">cibi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fara_(Rotuman_festivity)" title="Fara (Rotuman festivity)">fara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_performance" title="Fire performance">fire dancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firewalking" title="Firewalking">firewalking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haka" title="Haka">haka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hivinau" title="Hivinau">hivinau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hula" title="Hula">hula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailao" title="Kailao">kailao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapa_haka" title="Kapa haka">kapa haka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_Kiribati" title="Dance in Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meke" title="Meke">meke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%27ote%27a" title="'ote'a">'ote'a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pa%27o%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Pa'o'a">pa'o'a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poi_(performance_art)" title="Poi (performance art)">poi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_Rotuma" title="Dance in Rotuma">Rotuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_culture#Dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Samoan culture">siva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dances_of_Tahiti" title="Category:Dances of Tahiti">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamure" title="Tamure">tāmūrē</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tautoga" title="Tautoga">tautoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dances_of_Tonga" title="Category:Dances of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tuvalu" title="Music of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%27upa%27upa" title="'upa'upa">'upa'upa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Australia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garma_Festival_of_Traditional_Cultures" title="Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures">Garma Festival</a></li></ul></li> <li>Hawaiʻi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aloha_Festivals" title="Aloha Festivals">Aloha Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrie_Monarch_Festival" title="Merrie Monarch Festival">Merrie Monarch Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Invitational_Hula_Festival" title="World Invitational Hula Festival">World Invitational Hula Festival</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Fiji" title="List of festivals in Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li>New Zealand <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pasifika_Festival" title="Pasifika Festival">Pasifika Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Te_Matatini" title="Te Matatini">Te Matatini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Community" title="Pacific Community">Pacific Community</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Pacific_Arts" title="Festival of Pacific Arts">Festival of Pacific Arts</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Festivals_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Category:Festivals in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceanic_languages" title="Oceanic languages">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Oceania_topic" title="Template talk:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Languages_of_Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Oceania" title="Languages of Oceania">Languages of Oceania </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Australia" title="Languages of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Fiji" title="Languages of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Kiribati" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Marshall_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Nauru" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_New_Zealand" title="Languages of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Palau" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Languages of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Solomon_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tuvalu" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Vanuatu" title="Languages of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br />of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Cook_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Christmas_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Easter_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_French_Polynesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_New_Caledonia" title="Languages of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Norfolk_Island" title="Languages of Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tokelau" title="Languages of Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Wallis_and_Futuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by category</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Languages_of_Oceania" title="Category:Languages of Oceania">Languages of Oceania</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceanian_literature" title="Oceanian literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Oceania_topic" title="Template talk:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Literature_of_Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Oceania" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Oceania">Literature of Oceania </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Federated States of Micronesia (page does not exist)">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Fiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Kiribati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Kiribati (page does not exist)">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Marshall_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Marshall Islands (page does not exist)">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Nauru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Nauru (page does not exist)">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Palau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Palau (page does not exist)">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Solomon_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Solomon Islands (page does not exist)">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Tuvalu (page does not exist)">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Vanuatu" title="Literature of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br />of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_the_Cook_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_American_Samoa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of American Samoa (page does not exist)">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Christmas_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Christmas Island (page does not exist)">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (page does not exist)">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Easter_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Easter Island (page does not exist)">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_French_Polynesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of French Polynesia (page does not exist)">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Guam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Guam (page does not exist)">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_New_Caledonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Norfolk_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Norfolk Island (page does not exist)">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Northern Mariana Islands (page does not exist)">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Pitcairn Islands (page does not exist)">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Tokelau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Tokelau (page does not exist)">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Wallis_and_Futuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Wallis and Futuna (page does not exist)">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Austral_Islands" title="Music of the Austral Islands">Austral Islands (French Polynesia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Australia" title="Indigenous music of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples#Music" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Music of the Cook 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mythology">Maohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology" title="Māori mythology">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesian_mythology" title="Melanesian mythology">Melanesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menehune" title="Menehune">Menehune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_mythology" title="Micronesian mythology">Micronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Oceanian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Oceanian legendary creatures">Oceanian legendary creatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_mythology" title="Polynesian mythology">Polynesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapa_Nui_mythology" title="Rapa Nui mythology">Rapa Nui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_mythology" title="Samoan mythology">Samoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_mythology" title="Tuvaluan mythology">Tuvaluan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vanuatu_mythology" title="Category:Vanuatu mythology">Vanuatuan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sama-Bajau" title="Sama-Bajau">Sama-Bajau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamorro_people" title="Chamorro people">Chamorro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriori" title="Moriori">Chatham Islander (Moriori <em>or</em> Rekohu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijians" title="Fijians">Fijian (iTaukei)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" title="Native Hawaiians">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilocano_people" title="Ilocano people">Ilocano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igorot" class="mw-redirect" title="Igorot">Igorot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivatan_people" title="Ivatan people">Ivatans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumad" title="Lumad">Lumad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Demographics of the Marshall Islands">Marshallese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesians" title="Melanesians">Melanesian</a></li> 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